May 26th, 2008 · Renee Montagne talks with U.S. Army Captain David Moses. He served two tours in Iraq, and will be one of the speakers marking Memorial Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington today. Moses was one of the thousands of children in Sudan displaced by civil war. He is known as one of the "Lost Boys." He tells us how serving in Iraq reminded him of the rough days he survived as a child in Sudan.
Keywords: Sudan · Iraq · Child · children · civil · boys · Washington · survive · Renee Montagne · speaker · Lost Boys · Memorial Day
Nov 1st, 2006 · The story of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the tens of thousands of children refugees from the Sudanese civil war, is the basis for Dave Eggers' new novel, What Is the What. Eggers and Deng talk about their collaboration and the traumas the "Lost Boys" endured.
Keywords: Sudan · children · civil · boys · fictional · novel · collaboration · trauma · Lost Boys · Eggers · Valentino Achak Deng · Dave Eggers
Oct 10th, 2005 · Rapper Emmanuel Jal was one of the "Lost Boys" -- youths caught up in violence in Sudan. He later escaped to Kenya. Now he's making music about peace. His new CD is Ceasefire.
Keywords: Violence · Sudan · rapper · escaped · CD · music · ceasefire · youth · Kenya · Emmanuel · Jal · Rapper Emmanuel Jal
